Attributes of Non-Executive Directors: An Exploratory Study of Selection Processes of Board Members in Zimbabwe.

Abstract

Non-executive directors (NEDs) are purported to be overseers of the work of company executives yet company failures have continued unabated.Â The research sought to unearth and explicate characteristics or attributes that qualify a NED for selection to the board in order to curtail corporate failures and scandals.Â The research was exploratory, qualitative and rooted in the interpretive paradigm in order to dig deep into insights on how director characteristics are a factor in the governance of firms.